Refrigerator.



PATENTED JULY 5, 1904,

L. DE VAUX. REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION 21mm AUG. 17v 1903.

2 SHB E'IS SHBET 1,

N0 MODEL,

PATENTED JULY 5, 1904,

L. DE VAUX.

REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.17. 1903.

2 SHEETS- 81111113 2.

No, 764,274. Patented July 5, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

' LOUIS DE VAUX, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR ()F 'II VO ITI-IIRDSTO F. H. DE VAUX, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,274, dated July 5,1904,

A li ation fil d August 17, 1903. Serial No. 169,796. (No model.)

TO "Ill/m it y 007106? tion 24, to which the upper shelf is secured.

Be it known that I, LoUIs DE VAUX, a citi- The lower shelf convenientlycomesat or just Zen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, belowthe level of the door-opening and the in the State of Missouri, haveinvented a new 'other at such points as to be readily accessible 5 anduseful Refrigerator, of which the followthrough said opening. Above theshelves, ing is a specification. preferably by lugs 26, projecting overthe top My invention relates to refrigerators; and ring 12, is supportedan ice pan or receiver 27 iteonsistsinthe features hereinafter describedof any suitable depth to contain the desired and more particularlyclaimed. quantity of ice and conforming to the casing, I0 In theaccompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is but separated therefrom by an annularspace a central vertical section through one embodi- 27* to allow thedescent of the cold air. This ment of my improved refrigerator. Fig. 2ice-pan may be held against too free upward is a full horizontal sectionon the line 2 2 of movement and in its correct lateral position Fig. 1,and Fig. 3 is a top plan view with the by projections or loops 28,engaging the in- 15 upper chamber removed. side of the wall 13 below thering. At its Similar characters indicate like parts center is adepending drip-pipe 29, the outthroughout the several figures of thedrawside of which serves as a bearing about which 5 ings. turns theupper end of the shelf-stamlard 24. The letter O designates acasing,'preferably At the top of the casing, having a depending 2 ofcylindrical form and consisting convencircular flange 30, extendingwithin the ring iently of a cast-metal bottom plate 10, having 12,is apreferably cylindrical storage-chamber supporting-legs 11, a cast topring 12, and in- 31, access to which may may be had through 7 Otermediateinner and outer walls 13 14, respecan opening in its top,closed by a cover 32. tively, of sheet metal or other suitable mate- Inuse the chamber 31, which is adapted for 25 rial, between which is aninsulating-space 15. the storage of materials not requiring as great Atone side of the casingis an opening in which a degree of cold for theirpreservation as is inserted a preferably cast door-frame 16, thoseintroduced through the door in the side carrying a double or insulatingdoor 17 and of the casing,is removed to permit the filling at the bottomof the casing is a drip-opening of the receiver with ice. The waterthere 3 18. Within the casing, resting upon the botfrom descends throughthe shelf-standard out tom plate, is a drip-pan 19 of suitable depth, ofthe openings in the step and into the dripclosely filling the casing,but readily removpan, from whichit escapes through the pipe 20. 8O abletherefrom through the opening at the It will be seen that all theinterior portions top. It is provided with a drip-pipe 20, exof myimproved refrigerator may be readily 35 tending down through the opening18 and upremoved through the top of the casing for ward for a convenientdistance. At the cencleansing and repair and that it is compact ter isbolted or otherwise secured a tubular and convenient of access. castingor step-bearing 21, having at the bot- Having thus described myinvention, I tom lateral opening 22. This pan is preferclaim 4 ablycovered by a plate 23, having a central 1. A refrigerator comprising acasing, a

opening registering with the step 21, and drip-pan at the bottom of saidcasing, a step through the opening into the step, by which mounted insaid drip-pan and having openit is rotatably supported, extends the endof ings in the bottom thereof, a tubular standard a shelf member S,comprising a central pipe rotatably mounted in said step and having 45or tubular standard 24, stepped in the bearing openings at the bottom,shelves carried by and circular shelves 25, here shown as two in saidstandard, a tubular member fitted in the number, secured to thestandard. If desired, top of said standard, a shelf attached to said theshelf-standard may have a separable sectubular member, and an ice-pansupported in the top of said casing and having a pendent drip-pipeextending into the top of the tubular member mounted in said tubularstandard.

2. A refrigerator comprising a casing, an-

step, shelves fixed upon said standard, and a tubular connection betweensaid tubular standard and said drip-pipe.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5 my own I have heretoaflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LOUIS DE VAUX.

Witnesses:

A. H. Lossow, M. COLLIER.

